A Map of Tudor London, 1520

Beautifully portraying London in the time of King Henry VIII, this 38 x 23-inch map depicts the capital city from the Savoy in the west to the Tower and St. Katherine's Hospital in the East, from the Thames and London Bridge at the southern end to St. John's Gate and the Charterhouse in the north. Here are the public buildings and the churches and monasteries, the major streets and the old Roman walls, in the last moment of medieval London before England split with the Catholic Church, and the city itself was overwhelmed by a massive population explosion.